What if it Snows?

the shim will go between the bearing and the cap. So no movement is possible. I have seen this done on engines that are oldoer than the both of us. This isnt my first rodeo you know.

The friend of mines wisdom isnt. As he would rather throw gobs of money at something. Must be nice to be rich. Yet I dont have that kind of resources at hand and must make do with alot less.

 

Ah, so the crank is undersize. that makes more sense.

EDit: I re read your response, so ignore the above.

I would have expected that to still result in movement of the cap and bearing. Maybe i am just used to far higher output motors than the ol Ploughing machine.

 

Never been one to just "Let" anyone hit me

I found both sides of the border better than the Prison Island.

 

11Am Sunday morning

 

International date line question I’m ready to be confused.

 

Extremely Good tig welds are often not free handed... They "walk the cup" on the work piece to control any errant movements that would be caused by true free hand welding. Also they often use a "Tig Finger" which is made of a very thick heat and flame resistant material. Its like a glove, but for only 1 or 2 fingers. This allows the welder to rest a finger or 2 on the hot work piece, thereby even further stabilizing the process even more.

Here is a video where both walking the cup and free hand tig welding are used... He also uses the tig finger. I have spent many hours watching this guys videos to pick up some tips and tricks when I've had to do some very critical tig welds in the past.

 

Always wondered how they make it look so perfect free hand.

 

It takes alot of practice to do it well... But is fun once you get into the rhythm of it... Here are a few pic of some welds I've done.

These first 3 are free hand wire feed welds... First is stainless steel, the other 2 are mild steel.



These last 2 are tig welds... First is a very tight fillet between a pipe and a piece of flat stock... I walked the cup on it. The second one is a very poor example of welding utility knife blades together... Sharp edge to sharp edge. I have done better examples of this before, but this one I was out if practice and did it on the spot to win a $50 bet.



Edit: you may also nitice that the very top pic on stainless wire feed... It was one continuous weld, 1 start and one stop... This takes incredible dexterity and arm strength to do without a rotator. Ive never had the luxury of having the use of a rotator. I was at my limit to do that weld in one continuous weld... I was on the verge of nit being able to control my shaking arms by timebit was finished, and I ached the rest of the day from doing it.